poet & educator

APRIL & MAY 2017

Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing

Leila has been awarded the 2017-2018 Ron Wallace Poetry Fellowship from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing! She will be moving to Madison, Wisconsin, in August and will teach creative writing workshops at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Tunsiya/Amrikiya

Leila’s chapbook Tunsiya/Amrikiya was the 2017 Editors’ Selection from Bull City Press! It is forthcoming in spring of 2018, and is available for preorder.